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Pen Bwlych Glascwm Pillow Mounds is a scheduled ancient monument comprising earthwork features characteristic of medieval rabbit warren management in Breconshire, Wales. The site consists of pillow mounds, the distinctive ridge-and-furrow earthworks constructed to provide artificial warrens for rabbit populations, which were a valued food resource during the medieval period. These features reflect the medieval interest in managed game farming, particularly the keeping of rabbits for meat and fur as part of the agrarian economy of the region. The monument's survival as visible earthworks demonstrates the substantial investment made in establishing and maintaining such warrens in medieval Wales.
Pen Bwlych Glascwm Pillow Mounds is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference BR252. View the official record →
Pen Bwlych Glascwm Pillow Mounds is a scheduled ancient monument comprising earthwork features characteristic of medieval rabbit warren management in Breconshire, Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference BR252.
Pen Bwlych Glascwm Pillow Mounds dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a pillow mound. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Pen Bwlych Glascwm Pillow Mounds is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Cadw — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Wales. The official designation reference is BR252.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Rhymney Upper Furnace (7.4 km), Morlais Hill ring cairn (7.8 km), Morlais Castle (8 km).
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